7.4
93 mins
15
Japan
Japanese
Comedy, Romance, Animation, Fantasy
Science SARU, Fuji Television Network
As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.
Screening 28 October
Barbican Cinema
Trailer
Cast & Crew
Masaaki Yuasa
Director
Gen Hoshino
Senpai (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
The Girl with Black Hair (voice)
Ami Koshimizu
Naoko (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Princess Daruma (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya
Director of School Festival Operations (voice)
Chikara Honda
Bookstore Shopkeeper Gabi (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
God of the Old Books Market (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Nise-Jōgasaki (voice)
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